PARK DIG YIELDS CUSTER ARTIFACTS

PUB. DATE

November 1989

SOURCE

National Parks;Nov/Dec89, Vol. 63 Issue 11/12, p12

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Reports on U.S. National Park Service (NPS) archaeologists' completion of a series of excavations at Custer Battlefield National Monument in southeastern Montana. Ways in which the findings will establish some Indian and cavalry positions; Site of the 1876 Battle of Little Bighorn; Defeat of American military leader George A. Custer by Sioux and Cheyenne Indians.

ACCESSION #

11231592

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